>"Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:> >>>The page links to this: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html which>>lists the BSD licence without the advertising clause as a GPL-compatible>>free software license, of which it says: "This means you can combine a>>module which was released under that license with a GPL-covered module to>>make one larger program.">> >>>>You are misinterpreting the intent of that page completely.>>What the GNU people mean by "GPL compatible" is that you can combine>GPL code with code licensed with a compatible license, and then>redistribute the result UNDER THE GPL. (There are many licenses for>which this is not so, and you basically couldn't redistribute such a>combined work at all.) There is no situation in which they intend to>let you redistribute combined works under the other license.>>> >

Ok, I accept this. Their wording is certainly unfortunate, especuially when you combine it with what is said obn the redline home page.